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Let’s Raise the Red Flag on better perinatal health care
Let’s Raise the Red Flag on the need for better perinatal health care together. Mothers Matter is a lobbying group taking action to demand better perinatal care for all our māmā here in Aotearoa New Zealand. They report: If Aotearoa is serious...
PADA Board receives runner up award for Governance
Our Board of Trustees were delighted to be the 'runners up' in the governance award section in Te Puna Tautoko Volunteer Wellington Mahi Aroha Awards held last week. The event was held at the KPMG offices in central Wellington and was attended by over 100...
PADA Online Shop now Live!
PADA's online shop is now live! You can now shop online at the PADA website using your credit card, and by buying our products you are helping fund our mahi of education and training to support new parents in their mental health journey in the perinatal period...
Keynote and Presenters 2021 PADA Māori Perinatal Mental Health Hui
Māori Perinatal Mental Health Hui 2021 Our focus for the Māori Perinatal Mental Health Hui 2021 is ‘Whakamana Te Whare Tangata’ ~ Decolonising birth and restoring traditional knowledge. We are delighted to introduce to you our Keynote Speaker and Presenters...
Asian Perinatal Mental Health Seminar – Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland – 24 June Hune 2021
Our first Asian Perinatal Mental Health Seminar in five years was held last month in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, facilitated by PADA General Manager Treena Cooper. The focus was on the perinatal wellbeing of our Asian community, in particular, the unique challenges and...
Celebrating 10 years of PADA
One woman, Rosie Smith, saw a gap and had a vision. There was no national organisation for perinatal mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand. A brainstorming day was held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington in June 2009. This was attended by 30 representatives connected...
Whakatū Nelson Seminar – 11 Poutū-te-rangi March 2021
Earlier this month, PADA General Manager Treena Cooper flew down to Whakatū Nelson for the second of 2021’s PADA Seminar Series. These seminars provide professional development for those supporting families affected by mental illness related to pregnancy, childbirth...
PADA joins Mothers Matter to #raisetheredflag at Parliament
This morning, PADA had the honour of attending the Mothers Matter launch at Parliament on 10 Poutū-te-rangi | March 2021. 'Who Holds Our Mothers?' is a short film that marks the start of a national campaign to demand Government takes action to prevent maternal suicide...
PADA Seminar – Ōtepoti | Dunedin – 24 Huitanguru February 2021
This week, our General Manager Treena Cooper flew down to Ōtepoti Dunedin for the first of 2021's PADA Seminars. These seminars provide professional development for those supporting families affected by mental illness related to pregnancy, childbirth and early...
PADA Educator presents in Tairāwhiti | Gisborne February 2021
Recently, Liora Noy, PADA Educator, enjoyed being part of a very welcoming group of health service providers in Tairāwhiti Gisborne, including Plunket, Māori service providers and one support worker from Supergrans! She reported that they had some great conversations...
PADA Christmas Newsletter 2020
Kia ora koutou and welcome to our Christmas 2020 newsletter! Our team were able to travel freely across Aotearoa to deliver our seminars and events in the second half of this year, and have worked on new resources available for download. Read on to find out what is...
PADA Māori Maternal Mental Health Hui 2020
In November, the team at PADA came together in Tāmaki Makaurau for the first Māori maternal mental health hui at Ōrākei Marae, to come together in whakawhanaungatanga with a goal to find the right path to assist all māmā and their whānau in the space of Māori maternal...